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Roll on Ruby | 
 enlarge | Artist: Lindisfarne
Label: EMI
Category: Music
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 18760
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 094633987326
EAN: 0094633987326
ASIN: B000BCHJ06
Release Date: October 24, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Taking Care Of Business | | • | North Country Boy | | • | Steppenwolf | | • | Nobody Loves You Anymore | | • | When The War Is Over | | • | Moonshine | | • | Lazy | | • | Roll On River | | • | Toe The Line | | • | Goodbye | | • | Dealer's Choice | | • | Tonight | | • | You Put The Laff On Me | | • | In Your Hand |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Same Name, But Different Band November 11, 2007
C. S. Grant (London & Essex)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Unlike the other review of this album on this site, I believe this to be a cracking album. Yes this is a diffferent band, whereas the two major forces of Lindisfarne, Hull and Jackson remain, a rockier outfit join the line-up. The original band were a terrific folk-rock band, whereas this may be more rock-folk, if such a definition can exist. There are plenty of accoustic guitars and mandolins remain, but with a heavier bass, which Tommy Duffy plays with some melodic meat, more powerful electric guitar sounds from Charlie Harcourt and fine rock-style drumming from Paul Nichols. Add the late-Kenny Craddock's keyboards and additional electric and accoustic guitars to the mix and the Mk 2 make a fine sound. The songs are not ponderous, but the slower songs have feeling, such as Hull's, "When The War Is Over" and a particular favourite, "Roll On River", sung really well by Ray Jackson. There are some orchestral arrangements added, which is on a grander scale than the original line-up's albums, but certainly adds to the flavour, such as "Roll On River". Duffy and Craddock are able to write catchy songs in this case almost as well as Alan Hull. This album is not dull, but an absolute joy. This was an over-looked album, because of the rockier sounds around at the time and that the Mk 1 band was so well loved. Lastly, I saw this Mk 2 Lindisfarne perform much of this album at the Rainbow and they didn't disappoint.
 Crawl on Lindisfarne July 3, 2006
S. C. Trump (Upminster, Essex)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
In the aftermath of the breakup upf Lindisfarne in 1972, original band leader Alan Hull plus Ray jackson recruited four new musicans to form a band called Lindisfarne (usually known as Lindisfarne mark 2). They recorded two albums, the first of which was this album recorded on the famous Charisma label.
It's been a fair few years to wait for a cd release for this album but here it is at long last. The album is not a classic so I guess EMI/Virgin who now own the Charisma catalogue felt there was little commercial potential except among diehard fans and completists. That's probably a fair view as the album is at best patchy and at worst dreary. It does however sound sharper and brighter on cd as opposed to murky vinyl but cannot hide the shortage of decent songs.
The albums highpoints for me are in fact the first three tracks. Alan Hulls 'Taking care of business' was the first and only single release and it predictably bombed but the song is very pointed lyrically blasting band managers who milk for profit and hold bands to contracts which pay little to the band and lots to the manager ! The song is traditional Lindisfarne. So is the following track 'North Country Boy' written by Tommy Duffy and this song was the singles b-side. The best track on the album is next up; Alan Hulls 'Steppenwolf' is not traditional Lindisfarne at all but is a rather riff based and featuring a good vocal line from Ray Jackson with Alan Hull slotting in a line himself somewhat unexpectedly. This song should not be confused with the Hawkwind song of the same name. 'Nobody loves you any more' is rather forgettable and so is 'When the war is over', not one of Alans best ballads. I don't care much for 'Moonshine' and 'Lazy' either nor the (almost) title track 'Roll on River' but 'Tow the line' is the highpoint of what was side 2 of the original album, an up-tempo singalong type song. The final track 'Goodbye' is OK but not particularly special and contains abrupt tempo changes.
The cd release contains four bonus tracks from a BBC radio broadcast, all taken from the next album 'Happy Daze' which is currently not available on cd. All these tracks were previously made available on an album called 'Dealers Choice' released a few years ago so they are not that rare. Similar mediocraty applies to these songs with only 'Tonight' standing out as particularly memorable. Don't hold your breath for a cd release of 'Happy Daze'.
The cd release of 'Roll on Ruby' contains no sleeve notes or lyrics but does include photos of the original record label which featured the Charisma Mad Hatter design. The disc itself features the magenta Charisma scroll label design that predated the Mad Hatter design - this looks like a goof to me.
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